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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-20
NOTICE.
FOR SALE,

100 Horse Power ENGINE for sale at a bar
gain. Cylinder 20x30. About new and in per-
feet order. 4. B. HART,
Lake City Fla
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
TO SHIPPERS.

ST. & w. RY.. FREIGHT DEPARTMENT,
SAVANNAH, GA, May 18th, 1887.
The station Known as ORION, FLA, will, on
and after MAY Goth, 1887, be discontinued as
regular station, and will be known as FLAG
STATION B, 226. All shipments must be pre-.
paid. WIN. P. HARDEE, G. f. A.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
GRAND SUNDAY EXCURSION.
CITE AnfLrp pOpE rATIIN

'J1I11-A-VI44t I u Y VI TIN
Will leave Kelly's wharf, foot of Bull street,
ON SUNDAY MAY 22d, 1887,
at 2:30 O'Clock for a trip around TYBEE BELL
BUOY, returning via LAzARETTO CREEK,
THUNDERBOLT and BONAVENTURE. Music
and refreshments on board. Fare round trip,
Soc
This steamer can be chartered for excursions
by applying to the Captain on board or at the
GOLDEN ANCHOR, corner Broughton and
Drayton streets.
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Imported Swiss Cheese French and Turkish
Prunes. Strauss Bros.
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FLORIDA'S METROPOLIS.
Steamer Hercules Ashore--No Expl

Steamer Hercules Ashore--No Expla-
nation of the Assault on Haddock
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, May 19.-Advices
from Fernandina state that the British
steamer Hercules, loaded with cargo Of
steel rails, went ashore on the bar there this
morning while entering port and now lies
IN dangerous position. Capt Eells, the
underwriters agent here, went over this
evening to the scene of the disaster
The Sheriff of Madison county arrived
here to-day after j. NJ. Pritchard, young
Englishman from the English colony at Lane
Park, who is held here on charge of oh
tanning $50 from w. w. Mccall, of this city,
by means of fraudulent check. Pritchard is
wanted at Ocala also on a similar charge
Sheriff Holland declines to give Pritchard
up until he is tried here.
HADDoCK's CONDITION.
Capt. "Jack" Haddock is fast recovering
rom the recent dangerous assault upon
him, but why they perpetrated the assault
s as great a mystery as ever. Charley
Page and William Lanier are held in jail
here, charged with the crime, but to-day
w. l.. Page and George Miller, Deputy
Sheriffs of Baker county, arrived here on a
hunt for BUD Smith and 'Zack" Virgins
Of that county, against whom they claim to
have good evidence as perpetrators of the
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LOST.

On the evening of May nth, 1887, either in
Gainesville, Fla, or on the s., F. and w. r. R.
train, a note of $4,000 drawn by Power &
Moloney in favor of Mrs. NJ j. Strous. Persons
are cautioned against trading for same.
MRS. NJ. j. STROUS.
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APPLES. ORANGES.

POTATOES, LEMONS Just received 25 bar
rels choice russell apples; also 100 sacks choice
Scotch Potatoes, rs boxes fancy Messina
Lemons, So boxes fancy Messina Oranges. For
sale cheap at ]. S. COLLINS & CO.'S.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
During the illness of VERY REV. THOMAS
BOONE the REV G. w. E. FIssE will discharge all
parochial duties of Christ Church Parish. Mr..
Fisse will be found at the Screven House.
The usual Friday morning service will be held
at Christ church at II O'Clock
On Sunday holy communion at 7:30 A. NJ.
Morning service at II O'Clock.
BY THE VESTRY
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DUB'S SCREVEN HOUSE.

THIS POPULAR Hotel is now provided WIZ 4bs
i Passenger Elevator the only one IN t, ~.
city, and has been remodeled and newly .h l~
nished The proprietor, who by recent puIunorrssss
is also the owner of the establishment spa,Utt
neither pains nor expense III the entertaliiLStt'
of his guests. The patronage of Florida 'I t1s
ors is earnestly invited The taole I h,v1iry
Screven House is supplied with every l nsoJ}
that the4narkets at home or abroad can allO.e@
Griggs courier., 1887-11-25
THE WORLDS OPINION.

Why It IL Not Worth While to Worry
Over What 'Thcy Say Of U.s.
What suffering and writhing! What
sleeplessness and tears! What twisting
and acting of petty falsehoods goes on
under the lash of silly fear of what
people will say! I do not now refer to
any important thing like the matter OF
character. ga good name is rather to
be chosen than great riches" No one
can afford to do without that; and, no
doubt, the cases are exceptional where
one can not have it if he is worthy. !
refer to the needless suffering one
must endure who allows himself to be
worried by the pin-pricks and gnat-
bites of criticism and censure to which
every one is more or less subjected. No
soul escapes; but one who pursues his
independent way without the slightest
notice of these things, goes nearer free
ofthese human insects than the one who
looks after and tries to slap them in
return for their bite. Now it might
repay q sensitive soul to steer clear Of
these annoyances. if such course
were possible, but it is not SO. It is
just as impossible as it would be to
create new set of fellow-beings. In
fact, that is just what would have to be
done, for each of these small, self
appointed judges argues and tries
your case; and condemns or acquits
according to his ow individual notion,
and from the standpoint of his own
character. The selfish Judge will
accuse you of selfshness-the am
bilious one of desire for honor and
influence The untrustworthy will
accuse you of hidden motives, and SO
on. They will d. it. What does it
matter! Your own true friends who
know you thoroughly will understand
what you arc doing-or if not they
will trust you-believing that you,
yourself. understand, which is even
better. So let me beg of you, my good,
honest friend, as life brings plenty of
unavoidable worries, not to waste one
moments pleasure in considering
what will they say"-Christian at
Work.
Griggs courier., 1887-11-25
STAGE ROBBERS.
An Americans Adventures with
Mexican Road Agents.

Mr.. Edgar Wood had two thousand
silver dollars in ten-dollar rolls nicely
packed in a valise with few toilet ar
ticles, and twelve thousand dollars in
bank-notes and bills of exchange
snugly sewed into thin belt worn
about his person. In an outside belt,
elegantly embroidered, he wore SUI
perbly jeweled revolver. warranted to
be useful as a weapon at long range,
In the hand of self-collected man
resting under safe shelter.
As to other personal furniture, his
comfortable figure was adorned with q
fine gold watch, possessing national
reputation for beauty and value
throughout the Republic of Mexico,
and a hat covered with gold lace and
bangles that made it the envy of all the
beaux in town.
Under these conditions Mr.. Edgar
Wood entered the tcn-mule stage, that
stood in the patio of the Hotel Itur-
bide, for trip down the country to
pay off three thousand laborers a
months wages.
The stage started out amid the usual
hubbub The driver gathered up his
lines. shouted at all the mules to-
gether and at each mule by name.
The assistant driver seized the whip
and added its resounding crack to his
Tociferous entrcaties and denuncia-
tions. The two outriders ran along
the sides of the team, shouted, and
swore. and pelted the mules with
stones, while ten bows of bells,
suspended above the ten collars, added
their clangor to the confusion, and the
whole cortege rolled over the roughest
cobble-stone pavement on the Ameri-
can continent, awakening an angry
city from its comfortable s'umbers.
The wealthy contractor was alone
that morning, and he occupied every
corner of the stage in such rapid sue
cession and varied positions that. if the
City Of Mexico had been twice as broad
as it was, he must have been a dis
agreeable jelly before reaching the
suburbs. As it was, however, the
grand exhibition of style and enter.
prise was soon over and the team
settled down to the comfortable habit
of the country. a very slow trot or
rather soft roads, while the passenger
settled himself in the corner, lighted .
Griggs courier., 1887-11-25

The Commissioner of Patents in q
preliminary report to the Secretary Of
the Interior, shows that the number Of
applications for patents of all kinds
for the fiscal year 1886 and 1887 was
SO. 408 against 40.678 for the previous
year. Number OF applications for pat
ents, IS. 434; for designs, 797; reissue.
$50; registration of trade marks, 1.27O;S
of labels. 757; caveats. 2,616. Total,
4o,024. Number Of patents granted
including number reissues and designs.
1882: trade marks registered, 1.1O1;s
labels registered. 384. Total, 23,2l7.a;
Public Opinion .sj
Griggs courier., 1887-11-25
THE OPIUM HABIT.

i t.AS sssaaas SsAlI scLlslIl o. y MWll-lOlts WIef
the stage left u The road had not been
SO Infested Of late, but the Americans
understood the danger to which they
were exposed in the transportation 81
treasure, and made their disposition
accordingly. Mr.. Wood and one COM
pani9n occupied the front seat Of the
coach, looking to the rear; the third
man of the party sat with the driver,
being q crack shot with Winchester
rifle.
When they stopped for coffee. At
eight o clock, no one had appeared to
molest the stage, or create suspicion.
As they left the little inn the detective
appeared in sight, but the stage made
no delay, and the party were again on
their way.
Suddenly the inside passengers de-
tected the effort of the driver to STOP
his cumbrous team, and heard the voice
of the American by his side shout tc
him: IF you stop. I'll kill you; drive
on and drive hard" Then ride-shot,
and another shout as he passed down
his rifle, and called for a fresh one,
which he received at once.
Mr.. Wood and his companions, look
ing from the coach. saw they were
pursued by eight horsemen, who were
now within two hundred yards at the
rear. Leaning from the coach-window
he cried out to the driver: If those
fellows catch us, you are dead man!''
The threat told wonderfully on the
speed of the team.
Meanwhile the band approached,
and the three Americans fired togeth-
er, throwing the ladrones into con-
fusion and forcing a halt; but they
rallied at once, and six horsemen
of the eight were drawing near, when
the drivers companion by another
shot brought man to the ground. At
this moment the detective and his
guard appeared in the rear of the
band, and Mr.. Wood ordered the driver
to slow down. The robbers discovered
the trick, for turning, they saw the re-
inforcement in their rear, and lost no
time in leaving the road, and making
off across the valley toward the mount
aims.
The stage met no further adventure,
and Mr.. Wood was able to return to
Mexico in a week. The afternoon of
his arrival he accompanied the English
bank manager and the detective to the
hospital of Guadalupe, and found there,
to the surprise of the manager. the
teller, Mr.. Carlos Wattils, suffering
from shattered leg:
If Watfils were tried in Mexico, it il
by no means certain that conviction
could be secured under those laws. II
was, indeed, chance if the Americans
might not be made to suffer for killing
men who had not attacked them. In
this view of the case. Mr.. Watfils
was sent across the water with the
English officer, and having been con-
victed in London. of the crime OF
counterfeiting. was sentenced to twen-
ty years penal servitude.-Arqo,saut.
Griggs courier., 1887-11-25
PLUCK VERSUS LUCK.

There was man which his name was Mills.
Which he owned q farm all stones and hills;
He was one Of these fellers that keerfully tills
His land an by keepin' up with his bills,
Without foolin' with lawyers OF maxim o.
wills,
When he died, his boys had q sight o land.
Ben was a slouch from heel to crown,
He looked ut the valleys an htllsides brown
.'They amt wuth . cent he said, with y
frown;
Then he blamed his luck an went to town,
An bought some Ticker an poured it down,
An somehow forgot all about the land.
But Jones, the youngest, he want no shirlk
He rolled up his sleeves an he went to work,
An he stuck to his business like reg lar Turk,
Stiddy like, an keerful, not with jerk,
Jist enough to make i'm enjoy his pork
An the beans what he raised on the sandy
land. r
Bon lowed 'twa'n't no use to tend that farm,
But Jones didn't seem to feel no alarm;
Somehow or 'nuther he found q charm
In willin' mind an sinery arm,
An reckoned at least 1t want no harm,
To make all he could from the pesky land.
So he piled up the stones Std o loahn' in
town,
He planted his corn on the hillsides brown,
An ditched the low land an seeded it down.
In little while, like golden crown.
The ripe grain waved, an no trace Of brown,
For the grass an grain could be seen on the
land.
Five years passed by with Ben an Jones,
When Ben in the sorrowfulest kind Of tones,
Said: "Wife, I'm tired Of these ole stones,
An seein' my stock all skin an bones,
An q livin' along on corn bread pones,
An blamed ef amt goin' to sell my land"
The man what'll work g the one to win.
An Jones had worked hard an saved his tin,
An the time had come when he could begin
To set 'roun' without committin' sin,
An Ben's land was for sale SO he bought 1t in,
An It come about he owned all O, the land.
Now Ben as he'd got some ready cssh,
Moved to town an went to cuttin' q dash;
He fed on the finest kind of hash,
An throwed that money aroun' like trash,
But as such fellers will he had to smash,
An then he had neither money nor land.
An now he was pore as pore could be,
An Jones let him live in his house, rent free;
But he want q bit thankful: .sWhy, look, "
says he,
''He's SO stuck up an proud any one can see,
Kase he's had better luck he feels above me,
An hits mean after he's cheated me outen my
land"
Jones offered i'm work but he declined,
An told i'm to remember an bear in mind,
Ef he he'd forgot, an was SO unlxnd,
That they were brothers. Though he'd tried to
grind
An bring him down he'd very soon fnd
he couldn't scrooge him, If he did git is LAND" !"
But now as Ben ye mought say he'd struck,
Jones jest went OF an Of course, he tuck
An hired chap made o. better truck,
While Ben sat aroun' an moaned about luck;
When 'twa'n't notnin' on 'arth but want o.
pluck,
An proper git up to tend his land.
Mrs. Josie Morley, tn Yankee Made
Griggs courier., 1887-11-25

"A Chance for Some Inventor ss
Oflate they have chimneys invented
Which all of their own smoke consume;
Now music-consuming piano
Il needed to help out the boom.
It'd Bila 1
Griggs courier., 1887-11-25

He that can not forgive others
breaks the bridge over which he must
pass himself; for every man has need
to be forgiven.-Lord Cherbury.
Griggs courier., 1887-11-25


of the man. and would listen to no pos
sibility of her mistake. As for Mr..
Edgar Wood, he was confounded, but
he did the customary thing, and set an
English detective on the track of Mr..
Carlos Watfils, the teller of the En-
glish Bank of Mexico.
The next payment went to the line
in charge of paymaster and q mount
ed guard, of whom the chief was one
of the most successful ladro,ses of Mex
leo; he gave safe conduct to the treas
ure, for which he was we'll paid.
Two months passed. No outward
sign indicated any depravity on the
part of Mr.. Watfils. He lived modest
ly, and seemed a retiring, rather studi-
Gus man. Hisso dissipation was his
horseback-ride each morning and
night.
The time had come for another pay
ment to the men of the contractor, and
again Wood determined to 60 in per-
son with the money, and by stage.
This time, he selected day when a
fair complement of Mexican men, hav-
ing commercial relations with Vera
Cruz, would travel, and went accom-
panied also by two Americans, armed
with rifles and revolycrs.
The English detective, with a com.
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CITIZEN JOB OFFICE,
NO. 1S PATTON AVENUE.
BILL HEADS,
LETTER HEADS,
POSTERS,
BLANKS, DE
And FOB Work Of all kisds dose with
frOmftness and at LO1V Syicrs.

St. Louis is already bidding for
the next Democratsic National Cons
vention. The Republican says its
streets are cleaner and better paved,
its buildings, both for business and
residence handsomer, and its places
of amusement more numereus and
better conducted than when the
convention that nominated Tilden
and Hendricks met there in 1876,
and it says the stay of delegates and
visitors "would be made exceeding
ly agreeable"
The Raleigh. correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch, writes: Mr..
Patrick Henry Winston, one of tho
wittiest men of this State, has for
some years been Uunited States land
agent at Lewiston, Idaho. 1t is said
that he will return to North Caro-
lima this spring and again becomea a
citizen of Winston.
Roman Catholics, who, bY the
way, are gaining rapidly in numbers
in this State, are working hard in
all directions Of Churc extension
and progress. They hal 4 s5nvtslt
in CASTOR county, and will in few
weeks begin the erection OF another
at Charlotte.
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NIiseries of the Rich.

"The miserable rich!" Some
would think the expression almost
a contradiction in terms, but it is not,
for the rich have many things to
ender them unhappy. The poor
in sleep forgot their misery, but too
often the rich are tortured by sleep
lessness. They suffer from ennu;-
''that awful yawn which sleep cans
not dispel" The French fnancier
exclaimed, "Alas! why is there no
sleep to be sold" Sleep was not in
the market at any quotation. Bacon
said that money is ''like muck-not
much use unless spread" 1t is
nothing to him who does not know
how to use it wisely; and, on the
other hand, poverty is nothing when
it is not felt. Ifyou mix with peo-
pie better off than yourself you feel
poor; but it may be only by con-
trast, for perhaps you do not really
want more than you have.
In one of his stores well known
writer describes the effect upon a
poor teacher of a legacy of 81, 200
year. Suddenly the cottage lie
has lived in tor so many years seems
to have grown very small-the fur
niture looks d and worn. Claire
had never remarked the fact before,
but she now perceived clearly that
there was no longer any possibility
of tracing the pattern of the carpet,
that the curtains were dingy, the
coverings of the chairs faded, the
table rickety. "The poor old furni-
ture!' said Claire, "must that go?
Yet it's frightfully shabby 'The
poison is eating into our souls" her
father went on with deeper gloom.
"For twenty years and more I have
thought this salon model Of good
taste Claire, when we go,into a
large house, we will keep the old
furniture all in a room by itself,
whittier we can go and remind our
selves of the past. If we are to be
rich, we must never forget that we
were once poor and happy. The
Quiver.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
The second semi~annual Sunday
School Convention of the Weaver
Vile circuit of the Methodist E Episco-
pal Church, South, was held at Mt.
Pleasant church, three miles north
of this city, April 8, 4 and 5. The
meetings, which were in session
from Sunday morning until Tues
day night, were largely attended by
visitors and delegates and were es-
pecially interesting. During the
session addresses were made by
Revs. Jas. Atkins, J. F. Austin, w.
W. Bays, J. S. Burnett, Dan. At
kins, J. C. Postell, Mr.. Wilson, c. B.
Way, Prof H. L. King, Mr.. JAS.
But,rick and others on the objects
methods, utility and results of the
Sunday school convention and
Sunday school work generally
Every speaker said many things
that were instructive and that were
calculated to enthuse new life and
interest in the Sunday school cause.
On Tuesday night at the conclud-
ing services of this convention Suns
day school essays were read by Mr..
j. S. Burnett and Miss Fannie Burr
Way, which were very appropriate
to the occasion and have ELECTED
many words of praise. The speeches,
essays, songs and the entire exercises
of this convention were source
of spiritual enjoyment to al, and will
no doubt result in great good in CIV
ing the Sunday school cause new
impetus. All whose pleasure it was
to attend will not soon forget the
hospitalities of the good people
of Beaver Dam.
A committee was appointed COM
sisting of Rev. J. F. Austin, Maj G.
b. Way and Mr.. J. r. DuBose, rel
ative to the publication of the pro-
ceedings of the convention.
The next convention will be held
at Big Ivy church, this county, em-
bracing the first Sunday in October
OF this year, the time prescribed by
the constitution and by laws. The
officers, Rev Dan Atkins, President,
and Maj. G. B Way, Secretary, who
were elected at the organization of
the convention for one year, assisted
bv an executive committee, have
this work in charge, and will spare
no effort to make the next meeting
grand success.
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til said that Secretary Fairchild,
seeing that the surplus in the Treas
urY will continue to increase and
draw money from circulation, which
is needed in trade, favors the scheme
Of going upon the market and buy
ing Al per cent. government bonds
at the market price, after all the re-
deemable bonds are called in. This
would, of course, have the effect to
put up the price of the bonds, which
are already at premium, and would
operate against the government and
to the advantage of the bondhoid-
ers. Itwould hardly be fair. The
failure of the last Congress to reduce
taxation is the cause ofall the trou-
BILE. The next Congress is expect
ed to do better, though meantime
the country suffers.-Riehmond
Whig.
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HOW 1T WORKS IN KANSAS.

.
The following special telegramt
concerning the rcent female voting
in Kansas are interesting and sug-
gestive:
"LRAvENwoRTH, KAN, April T.
The advent of petticoats in politics
has occasioned social warfare here
that dwarfs into insignifcance the
most bitterly contested issues of
other parties. Refined ladies. robed
in the richest fabrics, turned out in
their carriages, embraced their cole
ored Washerwomsn, even held out
their hands to SINFUL to sinful wo.
men for one object, to secure enough
female votes to defeat peregrina-
ting member oftheir sex"
WICHITA, KAN, April THE
most ludicrous scenes were enacted
here during the municipal election.
There were six hundred women reg
istered and of these two hun
dred put down their occupa-
ton as sports. About three hun
dred are prohibitionists AnS She rest
respectable married women with no
decided views on the, liqpor. ques-
ton. Mr.. Allen (republican1 and
Mr.. Martin (labor) were the candi-
dates for mayor. The sports were
the first to exercise their newly
acquired privilege, and as they
drove up in their carriages they
were greeted with cheers and in
some cases with insulting remarks.
There are fully five thousand tram
sient strangers in town, and they
gathered around the polls and
watched the fun. The sports vn>
ted solidly for Mr.. Martin, and the
rest of the female vote was about
equally divided. Mr.. Martin was
elected by 600 Majority